FIENDISH CRIME
WOMAN TERRIBLY WOUNDED BY KNIFE-WIELDER SEVENTY STITCHES NEEDED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, Today. As the result of a fiendish attack by a man armed with a bootmaker’s knife, Mrs. Alice Smith is in the hospital in a critical condition. Seventy stitches have been inserted into the wounds in her throat and face. Frank Ryan has been charged with wounding with intent to murder. Mrs. Smith was buying an article from the man when he grabbed her purse. She fought with him, and a knife was drawn and the woman was badly slashed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 751, 26 August 1929, Page 9
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99FIENDISH CRIME Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 751, 26 August 1929, Page 9
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